GLOUCESTER CITY CYCLING CLUB

SOCIAL COMPETITION - GIBB SHIELD

The season-long Social Competition for the GIBB Shield is a series of events held on Tuesday evenings from November to September. There is every opportunity to score points for this fine Shield. You can afford to miss two events - your best 6 count.
The counting events are all indicated on the Tuesday evening event list - check the page. 
Details of this and other non-racing trophies can be found on the Touring Trophies page.

2007 / 2008 Season :

Overall after 4 competitions:

It's a ding-dong battle between the 2-T's, both having been in the lead. And AliG is not far behind. All three have organised an event so it's a level playing field (sort of).  As they say, all to play for.

4) Freewheeling, May 2008.
A lot of tactics come into play here - which bike, position of the rider, how much weight to carry, tyre pressures, etc. Suffice to say the President won by a convincing margin!  The First Lady was almost last, also by a convincing margin.

3) Map Reading  April 2008.
Toby had a disastrous event despite his degree in Geography (well, it was some time ago!) so Theo grabbed the lead - again!

2) Slide Show 'Cycling stuff' Quiz  February 2008.
The second counting event was taken in great style by the current holder whilst early leader AliG slipped up.

1) Slide Show 'Local Stuff' Quiz  December 2007.
The new competition kicked off with a slide show based quiz 'So you think you know Gloucester (shire)?' by the current holder of the Gibb Shield, Toby.  Ali G stormed to a win and leads the race. For now...

2006 / 2007 Season :

OVERALL POSITION
After seven events:   Well, well. Toby nipped ahead on the season-long events (staying power, you see) to take the trophy. Defending champion Ali G was demoted to 4th place.   

Website Photo Quiz:  Another season-long event to test the observation powers of the regular riders. Ex-Captain Dave won this, but critically Toby was second for a vital 2 points ahead of Theo. Every point counts!

Evening Rides:  the summer-long competition (to attend, not necessarily the quantity of drink consumed!) saw Toby take the honours.

Speedjudging, August 2007.  Just don't use a new bike for this competition!  Claire cruised round for an easy win - even local lad Andy was unable to match her skills.

Freewheeling Competition, June 2007.  Another simple concept, much misunderstood. Anyone can do this - ride down Woolrich Hill without pedalling, the one to go the furthest wins. Simple, eh!  So how come I never win!

Braking Competition, May 2007.  A simple concept: ride at 12mph to the chalk line, stop as fast as possible - mark the furthest point the rider or bike is touching the ground.  Three counting runs. Points for positions for each run.

Map reading competition, February 2007.  Two maps, two simple routes and a number of not-so-easy questions.

Cycle racing Quiz  November 2006.  A surprise runaway winner - no less than the President himself, Toby.

2005 / 2006 Season :

OVERALL POSITION
So a long battle between the final top three saw Ali G come out on top for his first ever win of the trophy.